Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 774?

36 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 774. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

Born in AD 774: Kūkai.

  1. Charlemagne26–34
  2. Abu Nuwas11–20
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan52–53
  4. Harun al-Rashid8
  5. Pope Leo III23–24
  6. Pope Adrian I73–74
  7. Al-Shafi'i7
  8. Pope Stephen IV1–6
  9. Malik ibn Anas60–65
  10. Irene of Athens19–25
  11. Rabia Basri54–64
  12. Alcuin31–36
  13. Abd al-Rahman I42–43
  14. Roland36–37
  15. Constantine V55–56
  16. Nikephoros I21–26
  17. Bai Juyi2
  18. Ecgberht, King of Wessex2–3
  19. Han Yu5–6
  20. Ali al-Rida4
  21. Al-Mansur61
  22. Michael I Rangabe1–6
  23. Paul the Deacon51–56
  24. Leo IV the Khazar24
  25. Constantine VI3
  26. Michael II3–4
  27. Musa al-Kazim29
  28. Krum18–19
  29. Kūkaiborn
  30. Al-Mahdi30
  31. Theophanes the Confessor14–15
  32. Desiderius61–66
  33. Al-Hadi10–13
  34. Emperor Kanmu36–37
  35. Hisham I of Córdoba17
  36. Alfonso II of Asturias15

Where the people alive in AD 774 were born

The 36 best known of those alive in AD 774. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 36 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list